setting a Model A body off the frame

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Jackie Brown

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Fellers, this might seem like a foolish question but humor me for a minute. LOL Can four reasonably strong men lift a Model a coupe body off the frame? I don't want to start something we can't finish with four people and that's all I have.
 
Jackie Brown said:
Fellers, this might seem like a foolish question but humor me for a minute. LOL Can four reasonably strong men lift a Model a coupe body off the frame? I don't want to start something we can't finish with four people and that's all I have.
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Most deffintatly...yes.

Just make sure whatever you use is strong enough to hold the body...no rotten wood!

Also have a plan on just where you are going to set it after you lift it up and off!

Pluck
 
Thanks Pluck,
I always try to plan ahead and just didn't want to start a body move and not be able to finish it. Gonna round up some neighborhood friends and go at it.
jackie
 
I built a frame out of 2 x 6 about the size (rectangle) of the body. Got some 4 cheap casters from HF and set the body on this. You can then move the body anywhere you want it.
 
I got the back half of a frame that someone cut the front off for a motor stand, and I added 10" casters. It fits the body perfectly and is about the right height to work on the body.
 
I have R&Red several Model A bodies, early V-8's and even a large Hudson body by myself using 2X12X12 boards and saw horses. Four guys should make body removal a very simple task. Just have a plan before you pick it up.
 
2manycars said:
I got the back half of a frame that someone cut the front off for a motor stand, and I added 10" casters. It fits the body perfectly and is about the right height to work on the body.
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Maybe I got the front half, it makes a nice motor stand and I put it on a wood frame and casters..
 
This would be a good one to have a picture of afterwards. Four of my friends did it for me on a roadster but unfortunately I did not photograph it and I truly wish I had.
Al
 
I lifted my body off by myself using three bottle jacks and cinder blocks, four pipe roller horses, and two 4X4's.
Working in tight quarters, I store the chassis under the body when I'm not working on either.
 

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Just remember to take the steering column off first, or be prepared to lift it over the steeling column. To a lesser extent this applies to the gear shift also. You need the ceiling height to lift the body high enough.
 
I took the steering out and the shifter also. I knew we couldn't work it out over them. I just want this to go as smooth as possible. LOL
 
Mitch//pa said:
Pick it up and have someone push (roll)the chassis out from under it
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I used my cherry picker and rigged it up to lift the rear of the body up. I used a 4x4 I think across the back with some straps. Then we put a 4x4 across the front and a buddy and I lifted it up and pops wheeled the chassis out of the garage. Worked smooth!
 
You may want to consider removing the wheels and setting the hubs down on some of those steel wheel dollies so the lift doesn't need to be as high. Also makes moving the chassis around the shop much easier. Using an engine hoist at the front and blocking at the rear the chassis can be wheeled out to one side. Be sure the "friends" can handle the load, last thing you want to hear, it's to heavy and I am loosing my grip.
 
i bought a ele wench from harber fright and used a 2x6 through the frt windows and lifed it with help of my 13 year old son and nefew no problem i had removed the shifter and steering colum
kevin
1930 model a tudor
1923 model t roadster p/u
 
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